The Refugee Convention as a Rights Blueprint for Persons in Need of International Protection

Forced Migration, Human Rights and Security

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 263-282

  McAdam, J A N E ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Tobin Centre for Public Law   (Australia)

^c International Association of Refugee Law Judges ^*  (Australia)

^d Refugee Advice and Casework Service (Aust) Inc   (Australia)

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